From: Sion Buckler <[redacted]> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:52:33 -0300 Subject: Re: Epexio contact us form submission Message-ID: Dear Ms Diggins, Thank you for your reply and for clarifying Glamorgan Archives’ position regarding access and charges for copies of material. I appreciate the work you do in preserving the records entrusted to your care. I would like to reiterate that my correspondence is not a routine request for private research access. Rather, it is a formal expression of concern regarding the potential historical misdescription or suppression of facts relating to Great House Farm, Llandough, including heritage and archaeological records. My concern is about the accuracy and completeness of the archival record itself, rather than the provision of copies or personal research access. As I am currently residing in Argentina, I am unable to attend in person, and my intention is not to request material for private use, but to highlight potential issues with public record integrity. I would therefore be grateful if you could advise which department, officer, or public body I should contact to formally raise concerns regarding historical misrepresentation within public records or archival descriptions, so that these matters may be properly examined. For the avoidance of doubt, I am not alleging any impropriety on the part of current archive staff. My concern relates solely to historical processes and record-keeping. Thank you very much for your time and consideration, and I would be grateful for any guidance you can provide. Yours sincerely, *Sion Buckler* On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 at 11:51, Glamro / Swyddfa Cofnodion Morgannwg < Glamro@cardiff.gov.uk> wrote: > 2026/0672 > > > > Dear Sion Buckler. > > > > Thank you for your email, received on 9 February, and for outlining within > it your concerns, which we have noted. > > > > Glamorgan Archives holds only the records that we have been given. We > cannot make any assumptions as to whether the content of those records is > accurate. And we have a duty to preserve the records which are presented > to us as they are presented to us. In addition, Glamorgan Archives has an > income target and, as such, we aren’t in a position to provide free copies > of material in our care. > > > > Yours sincerely, > > > > Rhian Diggins > > Uwch Archifydd / Senior Archivist > > > > Archifau Morgannwg / Glamorgan Archives > > 029 2087 2299 > > glamro@cardiff.gov.uk > > https://glamarchives.gov.uk/ > > > > *From:* Sion Buckler <[redacted]> > *Sent:* 06 February 2026 17:51 > *To:* Glamro / Swyddfa Cofnodion Morgannwg > *Subject:* Re: Epexio contact us form submission > > > > *EXTERNAL:* This email originated from outside Cardiff Council, take care > when clicking links. > *ALLANOL:* Daw'r e-bost hwn o'r tu allan i Gyngor Caerdydd, cymerwch ofal > wrth glicio ar ddolenni. > > > > Ms Taylor, > > Thanks for your reply and for outlining the options available to consult > the estate plans referenced. > > I should clarify my position, as my correspondence is not a routine > request for private research access, but part of a wider and serious > concern regarding possible historical misdescription, suppression, and/or > concealment of material facts relating to Great House Farm, Llandough. > > I am currently at the Welsh settlement in Argentina, having been displaced > from my ancestral birthplace in Llandough. As such, it is not possible for > me to attend the searchroom in person so easy as you're 7,500 miles away, > nor to “pop in” to consult records on site. Requiring physical attendance > or payment for access is therefore not a practical or equitable option in > my circumstances. > > More importantly, my concern is that certain archival descriptions, > surveys, and planning-era records may themselves be inaccurate or > incomplete as a result of earlier failures of disclosure. Specifically, a > Roman burial reportedly discovered at Great House Farm in 1888 appears to > have been treated as a “surprise” in later archaeological surveys > (1978/1994), and an occupied, c.800-year-old domestic dwelling was > repeatedly described in planning documentation as an “old barn” or “utility > building.” These characterisations materially affected heritage protection, > culminating in demolition in 1988. > > In that context, I am not seeking to pay for copies of records whose > accuracy is itself in question, nor to participate financially in processes > that may inadvertently perpetuate errors arising from that period. My > intention is to place relevant public bodies on notice of a potential issue > of public record integrity and heritage governance, not to obtain documents > for private interest. I have written to the Senedd calling for a public > enquiry too. I've notified the land registry and serious fraud teams too. > > I am therefore asking that my correspondence be treated as a formal > expression of concern regarding the reliability and completeness of the > archival record as it relates to this site, and that this concern be noted > accordingly. I would also be grateful if you could advise which department > or officer is appropriate for addressing concerns of this nature, where the > issue is not access but potential historical misrepresentation within > public records. > > For the avoidance of doubt, I am not alleging any impropriety on the part > of current archive staff. My concern relates to historical processes and > decisions, and to ensuring that those matters are properly examined rather > than inadvertently reinforced. > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > > Yours sincerely, > > Sion Buckler > ------------------------------ > > > > On Fri, 6 Feb 2026, 10:44 Glamro / Swyddfa Cofnodion Morgannwg, < > Glamro@cardiff.gov.uk> wrote: > > *Ref: 2026/0633* > > Dear Sion Buckler, > > Thank you for your email received on 5th February 2026. > > You would be welcome to visit us to consult the estate plans DB/E/1-2 in > our public searchroom and take your own photographs for free. Our opening > hours are Tues-Thurs 9.30am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-4.30pm. We are currently > taking bookings from *Tuesday 17th February 2026.* Please note that our > public searchroom is *closed* for the week Tues 10th February – Thurs > 12th February so that staff can carry out essential work on the > collections. We will re-open to the public on Tuesday 17th February 2026. > > If you have not visited us before, you are required to register. We ask > that you bring with you two forms of ID, one showing your name e.g. Driving > Licence and the other your current address e.g. current utility bill or > official letter. > > Alternatively, if you are unable to visit us in person, and if you can > confirm exactly which pages you require, staff can provide digital copies, > for which we charge £15.60 for the first image and £4.80 each for > subsequent images, payable in advance. 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